Get AMPED Abroad: Healthcare/Medicine Volunteer or Internship in Costa Rica

Location

Costa Rica: Atenas

Program Summary

When it comes to health and welness, the citizens of Costa Rica have it good. The hospitable tropical climate, fresh and healthy foods, and the enviable living pace help to bring the country's average life expectancy to mid to late seventies. All of these factors are undergirded by a top-notch healthcare system, a rarity among developing nations. AMPED Abroad offers a variety of opportunities for volunteers or interns to become engaged in healthcare through education, emergency service, and research options.

Participants may assist a team of first responders by volunteering with a public or private ambulance service, help inform the public about ways to prevent dengue and to eliminate the spread of the disease in a grassroots door-to-door community project, assist dentists and observe dental practices at a local clinic in Costa Rica, or work in a private laboratory that runs general and specific specimens for the detection of diseases and infections.

Volunteers and interns will gain authentic ...

Program Summary

When it comes to health and welness, the citizens of Costa Rica have it good. The hospitable tropical climate, fresh and healthy foods, and the enviable living pace help to bring the country's average life expectancy to mid to late seventies. All of these factors are undergirded by a top-notch healthcare system, a rarity among developing nations. AMPED Abroad offers a variety of opportunities for volunteers or interns to become engaged in healthcare through education, emergency service, and research options.

Participants may assist a team of first responders by volunteering with a public or private ambulance service, help inform the public about ways to prevent dengue and to eliminate the spread of the disease in a grassroots door-to-door community project, assist dentists and observe dental practices at a local clinic in Costa Rica, or work in a private laboratory that runs general and specific specimens for the detection of diseases and infections.

Volunteers and interns will gain authentic cultural immersion experience by living with a local host family in addition to having daily interaction with other locals in the community and at their project assignment.

Program Highlights

1. Volunteer or intern in the field of healthcare or medicine in Costa Rica.

2. Assist first responders by joining a public or private ambulance service.